Arch support



Aug, 14, 1923. 1,464,841

w. N. BARRETT ARCH SUPPORT Filed Aug. 10 1922 Patented Aug. 14, 1923.

UNETEE WILLIAM NOBLE BARRETT, OF TEEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ARCH SUPPORT.

Application filed August 10, 1922. Serial No. 580,882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM NOBLE BAR new, acitizen of the United States residing at Meadville, in the county ofCrawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Arch Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is designed to improve arch supports. Such supports musthave suiiicient rigidity to maintain the arch and at the same time havesufiicient flexibility to conform to variations in shape'of difiierentarches. With the present invention there is the added advantage ofability to initially shape the arch so as to readily fit it to differentfeet and to vary it as the conditions require. 1

The invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings as toll0ws:-

Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the support.

2 a side elevation of the device.

F 3 a bottom view of the device.

In carrying out my invention I use a gauze of wire meshl formed ofresilient or spring wire. This is shaped to the form of the arch andplaced in relation to a leather pad 2. Metallic end pieces 3 and 4 areprovided, these having; projections 5 which extend through the leatherand form a means of attaching the clips or metal plates to the leather.The wire mesh extends under these plates and is thus secured in placebut with perfect freedom to yield under pressure.

One of the important features of the use of wire mesh of this form isthe ease with which it may be shaped to conform to the foot. As forinstance a metatarsal arch may be formed by crowding the mesh upwardlyas at 6 beyond the elastic limit. Under these conditions a local arch 6can be formed in exactly the position desired and in exactly the shapedesired.

What I claim as new is 1. An arch support comprising a metallicarch-forming element formed of spring wire mesh.

2. An arch support comprising a metallic arch-forming element formed ofspring wire mesh; a covering pad; and metallic plates extending over theends of the wire mesh and securing the same to the pad.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM NOBLE BARRETT.

